CONCRETE DAMAGED

PLASTICITY MODEL
GEOSYSTEMS LABORATORY

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA

OUTLINE:
I. INTRODUCTION
II. ANALYSIS

III. FINITE ELEMENT MODEL AND

PARAMETERS

IV. EXPECTED
RESULTS/OUTPUT

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I. INTRODUCTION
ABAQUS is a general purpose simulation tool based on
the finite element method that can be used for a variety of
applications ranging from the modelling of civil engineering
structures to acoustics.
The concrete damaged plasticity model in ABAQUS:

provides a general capability for modelling concrete and other

quasi-brittle materials in all types of structures;

uses concepts of isotropic damaged elasticity in combination

with isotropic tensile and compressive plasticity to represent the
inelastic behaviour of concrete;

is designed for applications in which concrete is subjected to

monotonic, cyclic, and/or dynamic loading under low confining
pressures; and

assumes that the two main failure mechanisms are tensile

cracking and compressive crushing

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I. INTRODUCTION

Fig.1 Tension Stiffening Model

Fig.2 Compressive Stress-Strain Relationship

Response of concrete to uniaxial loading in tension and compression

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II. ANALYSIS
There are two options by which the material properties
can be incorporated for the analysis in ABAQUS: a) through
CAE and b) through input file.

Fig.3 Material Editor (used to define material properties)

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III. FINITE ELEMENT MODEL AND PARAMETERS

C3D8R

CAX4R
(a)

(b)

Fig.4 Finite element model (a) compression test, and (b) tension test

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III. FINITE ELEMENT MODEL AND PARAMETERS

Table 1 Model Parameters for CDP Model

Compression Yield

Inelastic Strain

Tensile Yield

Fracture Energy

1100 kPa

380 kPa

9 N/m

1650 kPa

0.0015

1650 kPa

0.0032

ELASTIC OPTION
Youngs Modulus, E (2400 Mpa)

1400 kPa

0.0053

Poissons Ratio, v (0.167)

Source: Saw A, Leung C, and Tan S, Evaluation of Constitutive Model in Simulating the Behavior of Cement-7
Treated Soil, Third International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment,
Nagoya, Japan, 2013.

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IV. EXPECTED RESULTS/OUTPUT

(a)

(b)

Fig.5 Contour plots of stress component S22 (a) undeformed shape, and
(b) deformed shape (Compression test)

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IV. EXPECTED RESULTS/OUTPUT

Fig.6 Contour plots of stress component S22 (both shapes) and field
output requests (Compression test)

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IV. EXPECTED RESULTS/OUTPUT

(a)

(b)

Fig.7 Contour plots of von Mises (a) undeformed shape, and (b)
deformed shape (Tension test)

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IV. EXPECTED RESULTS/OUTPUT

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Fig.8 Contour plots of von Mises (both shapes) and field output requests
(Compression test)

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IV. EXPECTED RESULTS/OUTPUT

(a)

(b)

Fig.9 Stress-strain curves under (a) compression load, and (b) tension load

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